Ling Huazong, Provincial Crime Domain, on the Heavenly Punishment Platform, Fang Lin looked down at the more than thirty people neatly arranged below, among them were strong men with a physique like a tower, a charming woman with a waist as thin as a snake, a fat woman with a big waist and a round waist, and a lewd man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes••••••

Looking at Ying Yue beside him, Fang Lin said: "Hehe, my thirty or forty Transformation Pills are indeed not in vain, but these spirit beasts you found are all distinctive, I just don't know if they have any special abilities." ”

Ying Yue smiled slightly and pointed to a middle-aged woman on the left of the three people standing in front who was about one zhang four or five tall, with big shoulders and a round waist, and white but somewhat rough skin: "She is called Elephant Po, the peak of the third-level spirit beast, you should know by listening to the name, her body is a white elephant, her temper is not good, but it is not bad, under normal circumstances, as long as she does not anger her, she will not take the initiative to attack people, she is mainly good at strength." ”

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the scrawny man in the middle, but his eyes were bright and said: "His name is Monkey Win, the peak of the third-level spirit beast, the body is a spirit monkey, he is athletic, especially good at reconnaissance and exploration of the jungle terrain, with him, there is no need to worry about getting lost." ”

Fang Lin nodded, and then looked at the beautiful woman on the right, at first glance, she can give people a feeling of beauty to the bones, the second glance, it actually makes people have a kind of psychology that is reluctant to look away, and then look at the third glance, if the will is not firm, there will be an urge to immediately bow down under her pomegranate skirt and give up everything for her, with Fang Lin's fifth-layer state of mind almost lost under that world-class face.

Dongfang Lei and Li Haoran behind Fang Lin closed their eyes even more, not daring to look at that face, even Princess Xiangxiang's peerless appearance could not match her charming, just when everyone was about to lose their temper, Invite Yue's cold voice suddenly sounded: "Okay, don't use charm on the master in the future, otherwise it will ••••••"

The woman giggled when she heard this, and didn't care, but Fang Lin and the others had a sense of relief that the invisible pressure was suddenly withdrawn, and they all sighed, and without waiting for Invite Yue to introduce, the woman introduced herself in a crisp voice like a pearl falling jade plate: "Hehe, so that the master knows, the slave family's name is Mei Niang, and it is also the peak of the third-level spirit beast, the body is a six-tailed demon fox, I am not as good as the elephant woman than the strength, and I am not as good as the monkey to win than the sensitive, but compared to the charm, no one dares to call the slave the second to say the first." ”

Fang Lin was shocked when he heard this, no wonder he was so good at charming, it turned out to be a fox clan, or the best among them, although it was not as good as the nine-tailed spirit fox, but it was also an extremely rare breed.

At this time, I heard Invite Yue continue: "Originally, with their bloodline, even if they reached the peak of the third-level spirit beast, it was impossible to transform so completely, and they could more or less see some of the characteristics of their spirit beasts, but with your transformation pill, it was naturally different, the reason why they were willing to belong to it, in addition to the powerful strength of your old ghost and the suppression of my bloodline, it was the temptation of the transformation pill, as for the other eighteen second-level spirit beasts and fifteen first-level spirit beasts, the same was the case." ”

After listening to Invite Yue's introduction to these spirit beasts one by one, Fang Lin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Next, their training work will be handed over to you, it's a pity that the materials in my hands are only enough to refine these Transformation Pills, otherwise it would be really unimaginable, they will also be my personal guards in the future!" ”

At this moment, a disciple suddenly came to report, Fang Lin explained a few more words, and then returned to the headquarters of the Linghua Sect with the rest of the people, on the main hall, the nine core elders such as the Great Elder, Li Mengyang, Feng Lu, and Zhou Kuohai were there, and there were also five people who had been imprisoned in Zhenyuan, and the image of the five people was quite embarrassing, but Fang Lin recognized Li Tianhui among them at a glance.

"Sect Master Qi, the battle in Weinan Town has ended, Shangyang Pass has been closed according to the sect master's orders, and the other five people have also been captured alive according to the requirements, and the Yeyue army in Hongshi Pass has also retreated." As soon as Fang Lin and the others entered the main hall, a disciple reported loudly.

"Very good, arrange a room for the five of them, take care of three meals a day, as long as they don't make trouble, don't pay attention to it, if there is any misconduct, there will be no forgiveness!" Fang Lin said lightly.

Li Tianhui's heart sank, he never expected that this Fang Lin, who he had always looked down on, would not even say a word to them, and immediately shouted: "Fang Lin, what is so great about you, but you are just the sect master of a sect, the rivers and lakes are just reckless, you dare to treat this general like this, and when the heavenly power of the imperial court comes, you will be crushed!" ”

Fang Lin didn't have any expression, he glanced at Li Tianhui lightly and said, "Take it down, if he likes to howl, arrange a beast pen for him, let him call there enough." ”

Li Tianhui was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly became furious, a pair of eyes glared at Fang Lin, but he didn't dare to say more, he could only retreat obediently, if the dignified relatives of the emperor and the country were really imprisoned in the beast pen, even if Fang Lin was killed at that time, that insult would not be washed away no matter what.

The Great Elder came close and said, "Fang Lin, do you really plan to let the Yeyue Empire ransom them back, you know, there are four powerhouses in the Life and Death Realm here, if they are all killed, wouldn't it be a very heavy blow to the Yeyue Empire!" ”

Zhou Kuohai also hurriedly said in a loud voice: "That's right, it's already a sure thing that the Yeyue Empire wants to deal with us, if they let them redeem all these people, wouldn't the pressure we face in the future be very great." ”

The other elders also spoke in agreement, but Fang Lin smiled and said: "The Yeyue Empire has strong national strength, but in this Blue Palace incident, it has fallen six or seven powerhouses of the Life and Death Realm, and in the following Bourqi Incident and Bourqi War, four or five more have fallen, and two were seriously injured, which can be described as a huge loss, but you see that now, except for the war against the east that has come to an end for the time being, the fighting in the rest of the place is still continuing, what does this mean?" ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were all in shock, and they raised their eyebrows and asked, "What does that mean?" ”

"The Yeyue Empire still has enough strength!" Fang Lin affirmed: "It's just that most of their forces have been restrained by the three western kingdoms, so they haven't dealt with us on a large scale, and now, the four Life and Death Realm powerhouses are a very important force for the Yeyue Empire, without them, Li Xianzong may be difficult to suppress the Bour Qi tribe in the north." ”

"In that case, we should kill these four people even more, in this case, wouldn't Li Xianzong be even more troublesome!" Yang Mei asked suspiciously, but the voice was still so cold.

"Hehe, Elder Yang's words are wrong, if we really kill these five people, not only Li Xianzong will go crazy, but the Yeyue Empire's court will also go crazy, when the time comes, if they go all out to deal with us, we won't be able to bear it, why bother to be the head of this injustice for the Bur Qi Ministry, on the contrary, if these five people are in our hands, they will be hostages, and Li Xianzong will instead throw a rat trap to buy us more time." Fang Lin explained.

Xue Mantian frowned and said, "Then what if the Yeyue Empire will soon pay the money to ransom people?" ”

"It's not going to be so easy, I'll offer a sky-high price, make them extremely uncomfortable but don't dare to send troops to attack, hehe, they can only force Shang Guo to stab us in the back, which is exactly what I want." Fang Lin Road.

When everyone heard this, Qi Qi's heart sank, they didn't expect that Fang Lin still had such a deep calculation, it can also be said that Fang Lin's real purpose was the Shang Kingdom on the back!

"The Shang Kingdom in the north has almost retracted all their forces into the Central Domain, guarding the various entry and exit fortresses, if we force the attack, we will definitely lose a lot, even if we can take down Rongcheng, it will be a miserable victory, and we will no longer be able to resist Li Xianzong's attack, but with the persecution of the Yeyue Empire, they may have to send a large army to fight a decisive battle with me, that is our chance." Li Haoran spoke, his tone quite confident.

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this, if they could really eliminate a large number of the living forces of the Shang Kingdom, it would definitely be of great benefit to the Linghua Sect to unify the Shang Kingdom, at this moment, a disciple of the Huanhua Wetland ran into the main hall quickly, and said loudly: "The disciple has seen the sect master!" ”

Fang Lin raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it that the envoys sent to the other three countries have returned, what do they say?" ”

The disciple hesitated a little, and didn't dare to speak, Fang Lin frowned, and shouted, "Say it directly!" ”

The disciple's heart sank, and he hurriedly spoke: "The three families basically agreed to our request, but they also made corresponding conditions. After a pause, seeing that no one asked, he continued again: "The conditions offered by Shangnan and Linyue are fair, that is, we will exempt them from all the toll fees of their imperial caravans in the future, and if they encounter difficulties, we will also give them appropriate help. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, this condition is still relatively fair, after all, people want to send a large number of troops and masters to help you resist the Yeyue Empire, but Fang Lin asked in a deep voice: "Then what is the condition offered by the Sect Alliance?" ”

The disciple immediately gritted his teeth a little, and said hatefully: "The sect alliance is insatiable, saying that they will send the powerhouses of the life and death realm to help in the war, if it were not for them, we would not be able to withstand the Yeyue Empire at all, so they asked us to share half of the annual income of the Huanhua Wetland, and also half of the management rights." ”

Bang, the hot-tempered Zhou Kuohai dropped the cup when he heard this, his bull's eyes were round, and he roared: "Grandma's, you still have to inch in, we really think we are soft persimmons, hum, I see, we should give them some color!" ”

Yang Mei frowned and said: "We have provoked the great enemy now, if we take the initiative to provoke the sect alliance again, I am afraid that our strength will not be lost." ”

Xue Mantian was also worried: "The Sect Alliance is indeed excessive, but we don't need to go to make trouble, just ignore him." ”

Fang Lin knocked on the armrest of the chair and said, "If we ignore it, the Sect Alliance will think that we are weak and can be bullied, and maybe we will be stabbed in the back when we are fighting with the Yeyue Empire, so we must teach him a lesson." ”

Looking at the disciple who came to report the news, he said, "You go back and spread my words, block the trade routes to the sect alliances, detain all the caravans of the sect alliances, and ask them to come and lead people at least the level of the four sect masters and above, if they dare to mess around, we will put all the troops of the Yeyue Empire on their side." ”

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Within two days, the negotiators of the Yeyue Empire came to Ling Hua Sect, but to Fang Lin's surprise, this person turned out to be Beitang Yao.

"Hehe, Beitang Yao, the second son of the Beitang family, is really a surprise to Benzong, asking you to carry out such a dangerous and uncertain thing, I don't know where you offended Li Xianzong, and let him use such an inferior plan to kill people with a knife." Fang Lin said with a smile.

Fang Lin naturally knew about Li Mingyue's actions in Beitang's house, and when he saw Beitangyao at first sight, he vaguely guessed that this should be Beitangli's calculation, but this should be a tacit thing but Fang Lin secretly picked it out, so he naturally wanted to give Beitangyao some more eye medicine to burn this fire more vigorously.

Sure enough, Beitang Yao's face flashed with anger, and he said lightly: "Sect Master Fang, the internal affairs of our empire seem to have nothing to do with your sect, today the envoy is just here to negotiate the ransom of people, and the rest of the things please don't be idle." ”

Fang Lin nodded secretly when he heard this, this Beitang Yao is really a talent, as an envoy, he is neither humble nor arrogant, not arrogant or impatient in the enemy country, and he does not say much, does not go idle, and truly shows the demeanor of an envoy of a great country.

"Okay, since the prince of Beitang is refreshing, and this sect is not verbose, the four powerhouses of the life and death realm, one of them is a ninth-level spirit array master plus Li Xianzong's beloved son, we ask for 50,000 pieces of holy grade yuan crystal, ten bottles of third-grade spirit pill 'phoenix blood pregnancy spirit pill', ten high-grade spirit weapons, ten spirit treasures, and ••••••" Fang Lin said this, but was directly interrupted by Beitang Yao.

"Sect Master Fang can't be a lion, as far as you say, although the empire can take these things, but they also have to break their bones, do you really think that the empire will care about these people?"

"Hehe, if you don't care, why send the prince of Beitang to ransom people, since you have to redeem people, you must have the sincerity to redeem people." Fang Lin didn't care, and said with a smile.

Beitang Yao reacted instantly, knowing that he had lost his words just now, but he didn't show it on his face, and quickly adjusted his emotions and said: "Hehe, it is worthy of being the master who can be in charge of a super sect in his twenties, it is really not easy to fool, but Sect Master Fang asked himself, aren't you opening your mouth in a lion?" ”

"Hehe, the prince of Beitang should know how much significance it is for the four life and death realm powerhouses in your country at the moment, and how much significance a ninth-level spirit array master has, the most important point is that if you let them go easily, it will be a big threat to our sect, after all, our two sides are still hostile, isn't it!" Fang Lin Road.

"Sect Master Fang is really powerful, and he can also grasp a thing or two about the current situation of the empire, but the envoy is not here to have a verbal dispute with Sect Master Fang, but he can tell you for sure that the empire will never agree to the conditions you offered, at most, you will kill them, of course, including this envoy, and then, the empire will destroy you at all costs, don't doubt it, even if you have seven powerhouses in the life and death realm, it is absolutely nothing in the eyes of the empire!" Beitang Yao said in a deep voice.

Fang Lin smiled indifferently at Beitang Yao's threats and warnings, and said slowly: "There is no doubt about what your envoy said, there is no doubt about the strength of your country, but now how much strength can your country divide to my sect, if you want to draw a large amount of strength over, hehe, I believe that the major tribes in the south and the three western kingdoms will be very happy." ”

Beitang Yao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Fang Lin to have such a subtle and accurate grasp of the situation, he blinked and said: "Since Sect Master Fang insists on his opinion, this envoy will not say much, in a word, those ransoms are absolutely impossible, this envoy will stay in the Victory City Post House for three days, and after three days, this envoy will leave, and convey Sect Master Fang's meaning word for word, as for how Your Majesty will react, it depends on your sect's luck, farewell!" ”

Seeing Beitang Yao leaving, all the elders looked at Fang Lin with strange eyes, and Li Mengyang said: "I said you kid, the lion's big mouth is too big, do you know that those resources even sound a little creepy to me." ”

Fenglu also frowned and said: "You obviously don't want to release people under such conditions, Li Tianyou's character is likely to be furious, and then desperately retaliate against us." ”

"Hehe, this is what I want, but Li Xianzong's beloved son is in my hands, who can Li Tianyou send to lead the troops to attack us, at most, it is outside the Chen Bing Pass, which will put a certain amount of pressure on our side and contain part of our troops, and then we will definitely force the Shang State to do something to us, so let's prepare to deal with the Shang State's large-scale attack." Fang Lin said with a smile.

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Hongshi Pass, in the territory of the Yeyue Empire, a million troops were stationed on the huge plain in front of the pass, and in the tent, Beitangli shouted at Beitangyao: "You waste, you asked you to negotiate with Linghuazong, but you didn't do anything, only brought back a sky-high ransom from others, what use do you say!" ”

Although Li Xianzong and Jin Yuzhi didn't say anything, they both stared at Bei Tangyao with suspicious eyes, but Beitangyao looked directly at Li Xianzong and said slowly: "Can't the marshal see it, Fang Lin doesn't want to release people at all, but he doesn't want to really anger the empire and deal with him regardless of it, so he put forward the ransom theory, the purpose of which is quite obvious, that is, to drag the empire and give them more time to develop or prepare." ”

Hearing this, Li Xianzong fell into deep thought, but Beitangli sneered: "You won't be looking for an interface for your incompetence, right?" ”

Beitang Yao glanced at him lightly, and said coldly: "I'm incompetent, then your ability is against the sky, or if you go again, maybe Fang Lin will fall under your peerless charm, send the hostages back with both hands, and willingly surrender to the empire, and go to Beijing with his own hands to ask for sin." ”

"You, you're just a big rebel, do you talk to Shangguan like this, talk to your brother?" Bei Tangli suddenly said angrily.

"Hmph, those who insult others will always be humiliated!" Beitang Yao responded unceremoniously.

Beitangli was about to say something, but was interrupted by Li Xianzong waving his hand and said, "Beitangyao, what do you think of Fang Lin?" ”

"Marshal Hui, I'm afraid we all misestimated Fang Lin, he was able to cultivate to the Yin and Yang Realm at the age of twenty, and he could develop a weak third-rate small sect into the current super sect almost single-handedly, so that so many strong people in the life and death realm could be willing to let him drive, and even more so that the hundreds of millions of people and martial artists under his jurisdiction could be convinced, would such a person be as simple as a hairy boy, I'm afraid we have all been led into a misunderstanding by our own inertial thinking." Beitang Yao replied respectfully.

When Li Xianzong heard this, his expression couldn't help but be shocked, he thought about it seriously, and only after a while did he speak: "Order the intelligence department to find out Fang Lin's life deeds at all costs, no matter how big or small, you can't omit anything, even if it is his habit of eating and sleeping, you must know it clearly!" After a pause, he continued: "Report the ransom truthfully, plus the advice of this commander, please let Your Majesty temporarily calm the wrath of the thunder, everything will wait for us to study Fang Lin thoroughly, the army is stationed on the spot, and you can't act rashly!" ”

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In Arctic City, in the Beitang family, a family member opened the door of the mansion and shouted: "The young patriarch is back!" Beitang didn't reply, but just threw the horsewhip in his hand to the family and walked straight towards the main hall.

In the main hall, Beitang Mu and other elders were waiting here, Beitang Li sat down in the first place after seeing everyone one by one, Beitang Mu said: "The young patriarch has only been on the expedition for a long time, why did he come back, is it because we all look down on that Linghua Sect?" ”

Bei Tangli shook his head and said: "We underestimated Ling Huazong, underestimated Fang Linna, the generalissimo personally led a million troops to attack Hongshi Pass as a suspicious soldier, in fact, he sent the young marshal and four life and death realm powerhouses to lead 20,000 tiger Benwei elites to sneak attack Shangyang Pass, and then break the Hongshi Pass from behind, but who knew that the plan was discovered, the 20,000 army was annihilated, the young marshal and the four life and death realm powerhouses were captured, and our side threw a mouse trap, but the other party offered a sky-high ransom, which made our army in a dilemma, and now it is stationed outside Hongshi Pass. ”

"Is the young patriarch coming back this time?" Beitang Mu asked.

"I have been ordered to come back and deliver the message to the imperial court, and by the way, I am here to wait for Your Majesty's recovery, and I will have to return to the camp as soon as the holy decree arrives." Beitangli paused and continued: "It's nothing serious, I'll go back and rest first." ”

In the small courtyard of Mrs. Beitang, Beitangli stopped a personal maid of Mrs. Beitang and asked, "Where has my mother gone, why is she not at home?" ”

"Back to the eldest young master, there was a letter from Madame's mother's house saying that the old lady is no longer good, and she wants to see Madame one last time, and Madame has already left for the capital half a month ago." The maid replied.

Waving off the maid, Beitangli turned around and walked towards Li Mingyue's small courtyard, opened the moon door, ignored Cui'er's angry eyes, and rushed into the Yueyue Tower like a wind, seeing Li Mingyue standing in it, like a hungry beast that saw food, he pounced over, and strongly hugged the beauty into his arms, regardless of what the other party was, and kissed wildly.

After the cloud and rain, Li Mingyue slumped on Beitangli's chest, at this time she really had no strength at all, Beitangli caressed her back with his big hand, and murmured: "Mingyue, do you know, just the past ten or twenty days of going out, I actually feel that I have been separated from you for so long for a lifetime, and the thoughts every night make me almost crazy." ”

"The Beitang Li in my impression is not such a child-like person." Li Mingyue said in a dreamy and coquettish voice.

"That's because I didn't see you before, I didn't get you, after I realized your goodness, I was already, you are mine, you must be mine, whoever robs me will kill whom!" Beitang said in a cold tone.

Li Mingyue sighed faintly: "Hey, but after all, I am married to your brother, and I also have his children, we are like this, I feel very ashamed of him, you, don't come in the future, leave us with some thoughts for each other." ”

Beitang Li hugged the beauty in his arms tighter, and said urgently: "No, no, you are mine, your child I will treat as my own, after all, he is also the bloodline of my Beitang family, you believe me, Mingyue, you know, I will go crazy without you!" ”

"However, I don't want you two brothers to turn against each other for me, then I will be sad for the rest of my life." Li Mingyue actually cried when she said this.

Bei Tangli hurriedly comforted softly, and it took a long time for Li Mingyue to stop crying, under the soft light of the moonstone, Li Mingyue's little face with pear blossoms and rain looked more charming and moving, and Jian Shui's eyes were even more springy, unconsciously, Bei Tangli's breathing became heavy, and soon the beautiful sound resounded throughout the house, if it weren't for the soundproofing ban, I'm afraid it would be heard outside.

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Seven days later, in the court of the Shang Kingdom, the Shang Emperor looked at the ministers below and slowly spoke: "The Yeyue Empire has just sent an edict asking us to send troops to attack the rear of Ling Hua Sect, and they will bombard Ling Hua Sect's three checkpoints at the same time in front of them, attracting most of Ling Hua Zong's troops for us, what do you think about this?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole dynasty was in an uproar, and everyone didn't expect that the Yeyue Empire would order them to take the initiative to send troops to attack Ling Huazong, and for a while, everyone was talking about it, and after a while, the prime minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we must send troops this time, but when to send troops is up to us." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Shang Huang asked.

"If we send troops at the beginning, at this time, Linghua Sect's troops are strong, and it is impossible for the Yeyue Empire to conquer the pass in a short period of time, then, our losses will be quite large, and even if we win in the end, we will also win miserably, and we will not get any loot, which will be harmful to us." The prime minister explained.

Immediately afterward, without waiting for anyone to ask, he continued: "If we wait for the Yeyue Empire to attract all the forces of Ling Huazong before sending troops to deliver a fatal blow, we will not only be able to greatly reduce our losses, but also win the first merit, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" ”

When the ministers heard this, there was another discussion, and soon several heavyweight ministers stood up to reconsider, and even the Shang Emperor was quite in agreement with this proposal, at this moment, the national teacher Shang Rong walked out slowly, and said in a heavy tone: "Your Majesty, we seem to take it for granted, the Yeyue Empire is not stupid, it will allow us to delay time, don't forget, they still have hostages in the hands of others, and it is inevitable that they will throw a mouse trap when they do things, so they will use our strength to destroy the Ling Hua Sect, so, I'm afraid our losses will not be small. ”

"However, if our army attacks and fights with the Ling Hua Sect, we can't afford those losses, but don't the Yeyue Empire wipe us out when the time comes." Cheng retorted instead.

"Hehe, the Yeyue Empire will attack the three checkpoints of Linghuazong at the same time, it will definitely make a lot of noise to attract Linghuazong's troops, but it will not really break through the level, this gives us a great opportunity, you must know that the resources and wealth of Linghuazong's headquarters are extremely coveted by the imperial court, if we attack Linghuazong's important cities head-on with a large army, and then order those small forces that we have secretly cultivated to make trouble everywhere, so that Linghuazong is exhausted, and send another surprise army to attack Linghuazong's headquarters, not asking for killing, As long as you loot the property, as long as you can get the Linghua Sect's treasury or the Scripture Pavilion, then no matter how big the loss is, it will be worth it. Shang Rong smiled mysteriously.

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